Titan, one of the Moons of Saturn has rivers of Methane, Volcanoes of Ice, and an Atmosphere... it's basically Earth if we were in Hell. *8v)
But studies suggest that Titan has what it takes to develop life.. it just hasn't. Too Cold, the reaction just hasn't kicked off, etc.
If we sent a group of Methane dependant organisms to Titan.. and basically "Play God", is it 'UnEthical'? Or simply a Planetary Petri Dish?
2006-09-17 10:23:31 · 6 answers · asked by SYNTAX 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No,
We should see what happens naturally on Titan. Destroying one planet (Earth) has no comparison on the damage that can be done playing God on someone else's home.
2006-09-17 10:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Actually Venus is the closest planet to hell that we know...
NO! We only just begun to explore Titan! It may already have some types of life in sheltered places, who knows? We need to spend at least a century exploring it in detail WITHOUT contaminating it with any of our Earthly microbes.
Plus as you say, it's too cold for most of Earth's life to survive. But who's to say life hasn't evolved there than can thrive in the extreme cold, and use liquid methane much like organisms here use water. We have only scratched the surface (literally) so far.
NASA goes to extreme lengths to make sure no probe we send out will 'pollute' another world. What you are suggesting is foolhardy, in my humble opinion. There was a new program about Cassini and Huygens at Saturn on the science channel today.
2006-09-17 14:07:06 · answer #2 · answered by fresh2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think we should study Titan and understand it as fully as we can before we try to change it. What if there are already some sort of microbial life there? It would be better to learn about it that to interfere with it.
2006-09-17 10:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Otis F 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
One brief look in one very small location by one space probe proves nothing -- Titan could very well contain indigenous life. We shouldn't be mucking about with it when we don't even know what we're doing on this planet.
2006-09-17 11:01:51 · answer #4 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yeah we should, i dont see how it would be unethical. besides some good research might come from it
2006-09-17 10:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by Chrystopher P 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
yeah.. lets see what will happond
2006-09-17 10:27:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋